A thread for what to older generations called things.

[LadyBear]

Don't forget the little brown paper bags made for lunches I carried Many of those

also called a polk (what you got in your polk)

Keep your top knot straight (keep your head on straight)

[up2specks]

Going thru money like water thru a sieve

Also...Like NO tomorrow!

[DockShootinJack]

Spending money like it grows on trees

[DockShootinJack]

also called a polk (what you got in your polk)

Keep your top knot straight (keep your head on straight)

Pig in a poke

["G"]

Geezer- a grumpy old man

I thought it meant a kind, likable old man

[DockShootinJack]

I thought it meant a kind, likable old man

Like a lot of words I would say the definition was probably regional in nature

[DockShootinJack]

Out of curiosity I had to look it up. Here is what Websters had to say

US, informal, humorous or mildly disparaging : an odd, eccentric, or unreasonable person (usually a man) especially : an old man an old geezer It may suggest only that the offender is … a geezer perhaps, too old and set in his ways to know what's new in the world. —

["G"]

Websters is wrong....fake news


GEEZER PRIDE!!!!



'Geezers' are easy to spot: At sporting events, during the playing of the Star Spangled BANNER. Old Geezers remove their caps and stand at attention and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them.

Old Geezers remember the Depression, World War II, Pearl Harbor , Guadalcanal , Normandy and Hitler. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War 1950-55, The Cold War, the jet age and the moon landing, the 50 plus Peacekeeping Missions from 1945 to 2005 the Jet Age and the Moon Landing, not to mention Vietnam .

If you bump into an Old Geezer On the sidewalk he will apologize. If you pass an Old Geezer on the street, he will nod or tip his cap to a lady.. Old Geezers trust strangers and are courtly to women. Old Geezers hold the door for the next person and always, when walking, make certain the lady is on the inside for protection. Old Geezers get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don't like any filth on TV or in movies or in e-mails.
Old Geezers have moral courage. They seldom brag unless it's about their grandchildren.

It's the Old Geezers who know our great country is protected, not by politicians, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country.

This country needs Old Geezers with their decent values.
We need them now - more than ever.

Thank God for Old Geezers!


Credit to Member that wrote this....I don't remember his name.... but I do agree with him

[DockShootinJack]

Throw me into the Geezer category. I refuse to be old just yet

["G"]

I may be getting old but....I refuse to grow up lol